Hi James,
I remember back in 2007 a Europa owner, Miles McCallum, looked into a
BRS install on a Classic. The Flier magazine was covering its install,
much of the stress analysis & design was complete. The project was
abandoned as far as I know. As Fred said, fuselage integrity &
considerable weight were issues. Retrofitting onto an existing completed
airframe would also be much more difficult than during the build.
Cheers,
Brian Phillips.
No personal experience with Europa though flew a tailless biplane glider
for years with a BRS chute...the Cirrus install is dependent upon
moulded in joggles to accommodate the breakaway suspension straps...
retrofitting same on Europa would be a challenge while maintaining
fuselage structural integrity but probably doable by some adventurous
lad...considerable weight penalty and, I suspect, significant regulatory
hurdles which would rule out a one-off installation.
Not sure about Ireland, but in US we call it experimental aviation.
Good luck,
Fred
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> On Oct 22, 2019, at 4:46 PM, Mallard <james@kingdom.ie> wrote:
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> Hi guys and gals,
> I'm new here as I've just recently purchased a Classic Tri-Gear with a
> Rotax 912S engine.
> I based in Ireland and you may or may not know that we recently had a
> tragedy in Co. Wexford (on the South East Coast) where 2 very
> experienced pilots (one was a very experienced instructor) were killed
> when their Rollason Condor broke up in mid air. This has made me think
> about Parachutes and I wondered if anyone has ever fitted one to a
> Europa or know of anyone doing it. Or if anyone has looked into the
> possibility/practicality of doing it.
>
> Cheers
> James
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